Rap superstar Nicki Minaj has promised she'll kick off a U.S. tour in May. Could Summerfest land one of the dates? Kevin Winter/Getty Images

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Rap superstar Nicki Minaj has promised she'll kick off a U.S. tour in May. Could Summerfest land one of the dates?
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Summerfest favorite Florida Georgia Line has a new album out in February, and has promised to tour starting this May. It's exclusively played festivals in Wisconsin since breaking big, and the state's four big country festivals have locked in their lineups for the year. Chris Kohley/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Summerfest favorite Florida Georgia Line has a new album out in February, and has promised to tour starting this May. It's exclusively played festivals in Wisconsin since breaking big, and the state's four big country festivals have locked in their lineups for the year.
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Selena Gomez played her lone outdoor show of her 2016 tour at Summerfest. Could the pop star come back as part of an anticipated tour behind a new album? Calvin Mattheis

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Selena Gomez played her lone outdoor show of her 2016 tour at Summerfest. Could the pop star come back as part of an anticipated tour behind a new album?
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Legendary singer-songwriter Van Morrison has been on a tear lately, releasing his 40th studio album last month — but he hasn't booked a bunch of shows. Perhaps one of them will be at the Big Gig, which regularly has turned to veteran singer-songwriters to lure boomers to the amphitheater. Fredrik Persson/AFP/Getty Images

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Legendary singer-songwriter Van Morrison has been on a tear lately, releasing his 40th studio album last month — but he hasn't booked a bunch of shows. Perhaps one of them will be at the Big Gig, which regularly has turned to veteran singer-songwriters to lure boomers to the amphitheater.
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Post Malone became a superstar in 2018 with two albums among the top 10 albums on the Billboard charts for the year. With Lollapalooza unlikely to book him after he played the Chicago fest last year, a Summerfest show seems likely. Charles Sykes / Associated Press

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Post Malone became a superstar in 2018 with two albums among the top 10 albums on the Billboard charts for the year. With Lollapalooza unlikely to book him after he played the Chicago fest last year, a Summerfest show seems likely.
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Fall Out Boy used to play Milwaukee frequently, sometimes multiple times a year, but the pop rock band hasn't been in town since headlining Summerfest five years and two album cycles ago. Will that unusual dry spell end this year? Rick Wood / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Fall Out Boy used to play Milwaukee frequently, sometimes multiple times a year, but the pop rock band hasn't been in town since headlining Summerfest five years and two album cycles ago. Will that unusual dry spell end this year?
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Zac Brown Band has played either Alpine Valley Music Theatre or Summerfest's amphitheater every year since 2013. It played Alpine last year, so Summerfest this year seems likely. Rick Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Zac Brown Band has played either Alpine Valley Music Theatre or Summerfest's amphitheater every year since 2013. It played Alpine last year, so Summerfest this year seems likely.
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At a 2016 Riverside Theater show, his first in Milwaukee in 20 years, Beck promised he'd play the city again on his "Colors" album cycle. That cycle is wrapping up, so perhaps, true to his word, he'll play Summerfest. An enticing co-headliner would need to be booked to justify an amphitheater show, however. Daniel Ojeda/PTG Live Events

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At a 2016 Riverside Theater show, his first in Milwaukee in 20 years, Beck promised he'd play the city again on his "Colors" album cycle. That cycle is wrapping up, so perhaps, true to his word, he'll play Summerfest. An enticing co-headliner would need to be booked to justify an amphitheater show, however.
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